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In Reply to: RE: Sergei Bodrov's, "Mongol," the first part of a trilogy about posted by tinear on August 05, 2009 at 07:44:23
My big complaint is that Khan goes off on his own and the next time we see him, he has an army. How did that happen? It was a little too magical, but this is typical of Asian filmmaking. I liked it ok.
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In spite of all its beautiful visual aspects and historical cues it had too much of this disjointedness. I found myself in almost constant notice and irritation of the "magic", which just didn't work for me.
As you mentioned, he goes away and..............well, it's even more confounding than that. As I recall we see him as a child, impossibly bound up in stocks and completely isolated under impossible conditions of hunger, danger and desperation. Even Chuck Norris would have died. Next we see him with the huge army, etc. There was lots more of the same ilk.
Too much work and suspension for me. I want some continuity.
I always love Asano's work but neither it nor any of the other charms of the film could overcome my ultimate disappointment in it.
I'll probably see it again because I like its kind. I hope I was grumpy and wrong first time around but I don't have high expectations like before.
He hardly was bound and then next at the head of an army. I think you've forgotten his escape, his wandering, his salvation by his blood-brother/nemesis-to-be?
In a biography, even a projected six-hour one, much must be condensed, edited out. I think Bodrov made very good choices, deciding to center on character development and major battles. How tiresome to see him enlist each and every local chieftain. Having seen a couple, the viewer's imagination can supply all the others.
....you're unconvincing. And it's not worth seeing again just to point out the specifics why.It's been a long time since I've seen it and a detail may be fuzzy in my example but there's no question about my memory of the jarring gaps I felt in some essential continuity. I remember actually being angry, feeling frustrated, cheated by the director.
What's "missing" are some final, refining ingredients from an ambitious story teller. Close(ish), but no cigar from me.
It's a schizophrenic movie in that it couldn't make up it's mind between being pop or being art. Ultimately it was neither.
Relatively speaking, it bombed at the box office. Not only in the U.S. but at large. I know that's not the sole indicator of "quality" but it is a key one. And I remember it got considerable pre-release publicity. It just didn't have substantial legs.
I complimented Asano and the pretty colors and nicely costumed natives, what more do you want? ;-)
I didn't say it's a failure, just a disappointment.
Edits: 08/06/09
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